Minister Sang-min Lee of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety: "Realizing a Digital Platform Government... Achieving Field-Centered Local Autonomy"

Inauguration Ceremony as the First Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety under the New Government... First Day at the Sejong Government Complex Office

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Lee Sang-min, Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, announced that he will implement a digital platform government to provide proactive customized services and promote balanced regional development tailored to the conditions of each region.

Appointed as the first Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety under the new government, Minister Lee said at the inauguration ceremony held at the Government Sejong Complex on the 13th, "We must respond quickly and actively to rapidly changing environments such as the 4th Industrial Revolution, local extinction, and new and large-scale disasters," adding, "We will implement a digital platform government to provide proactive customized services based on big data and AI."

He promised to realize field-centered local autonomy and overcome past practices that relied on the central government. Minister Lee emphasized, "We will promote balanced regional development tailored to the conditions of each region and realize field-centered local autonomy where residents proactively solve local problems," adding, "We will enhance the capabilities of local governments and residents to overcome past practices that depended on the central government."

He continued, "Through inter-ministerial data sharing and analysis and organic cooperation, we will proactively predict disasters and respond swiftly," adding, "We will concentrate all capabilities to overcome COVID-19 and restore daily life."

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